They walked to the notary office very quickly. The notary office was on the eastern side of the first floor's exhibition hall, and the name was written clearly on the jade plaque hanging on the door. Sitting before the entrance were the lion statues carved with fine glass jade, which were as tall as an average man. It was such a grand scene. After all, it was rare to see a whole piece of glass jade of this size.

Next to the jade lions was a three-meter-long bulletin board, which had people's names, their bets in the stone gambling, and the start time on it. Tickets were needed to enter the notary office, and those who came to watch also could bet on who would lose or win.

Murong Xue and Qin Mengya bought tickets and entered the office. When they were in, they saw many people on the stage, which meant that a stone gambling was going on now. The audience's clamor also showed that this match was very fierce.

There were procedures set by the notary office. First, people who wanted to gamble on stones had to submit their applications, explaining who were involved and the terms they settled. Then the staff of the notary office would arrange the match time, which usually took place on the next day. Different from other gambling, stone gambling would leave enough time for people to pick up their raw materials.

While they were going through the formalities, Qin Mengya stared hard at Murong Xue.

Qin Mengya had been investigating Murong Xue's background these days, but somehow she could not find out anything. She knew that it must be Shangguan Mo standing in the way. She was astonished that he would protect Murong Xue to this extent. Otherwise, Murong Xue would have been taught a good lesson.

When Qin Mengya looked over their terms, she noticed Murong Xue's name. She admitted that it was a nice name, but she did not know any Murong Family in the capital. Thinking of this, Qin Mengya gave Murong Xue a disdainful look. Now that she had her name, the investigation would be much easier. Qin Mengya realized that she was going the wrong way before and that Murong Xue was from somewhere else.

Qin Mengya decided not to rush things since Murong Xue looked like 16 at most, for whom it was too young to get married now. She did not believe that Shangguan Mo really loved the girl. In her eyes, even if Shangguan Mo was serious, Murong Xue would not be able to marry into the Shangguan Family, and Shangguan Mo probably would keep Murong Xue as a pet behind his family.

"One billion yuan. You can't ask Mo to pay for it when you lose." Qin Mengya thought of this suddenly. Since Murong Xue was with Shangguan Mo, he might pay the bill for decency's sake at that time.

But Murong Xue did not worry about it at all. She had 5 billion yuan in liquidity, let alone one billion. "Miss Qin Mengya, I think you should worry about yourself instead of me." Murong Xue just knew her name when they wrote down the terms.

"Who are you to compete with me? It's too late for you to suck up to me. I'm from the Qin Family in the capital. One billion yuan is no big deal. Wait, we have to agree that the bill has to be paid by the one who loses. No one is allowed to help. Besides, the loser has to bark three times in front of the audience." Qin Mengya thought that if Murong Xue became a laughing stock, Shangguan Mo would abandon her at once. She did not consider what would happen to herself if she lost. She was confident about her ability. Although she was not of the top level, she had earned a reputation in this business.

Murong Xue understood her viciousness immediately when Qin Mengya mentioned barking. Everyone present was from the upper class, and there would be no place in the capital for the one who made a fool of himself or herself here. Seeing Qin Mengya's confident face, Murong Xue knew that this Miss Qin was capable, but she knew nothing could compete with her X-ray vision. Murong Xue decided to go with Qin Mengya, "Okay. Looking forward to your barking."

"You! Let's wait and see what you'll end up with." Qin Mengya glared at Murong Xue.

Murong Xue ignored her glare since it would not do any harm to her.

As all the formalities were done, their match was set for 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. Raw materials without any process were what they gambled with, and the one who found a better jade was the winner. Both agreeing on this, Murong Xue and Qin Mengya split up and looked for raw materials.

Apart from the time she spent in Space and with Shangguan Mo, Murong Xue did not have much time for raw materials. So far, she only observed a small part of them and many were waiting for her. She would not purchase all the good ones as there were other buyers, but the best jade she had met by now were just glass jade. There was no trace of the imperial jade.

Murong Xue saw that Qin Mengya walked to a large booth and observed the raw materials very carefully with many tools. Concentrating on her work, Qin Mengya appeared less arrogant yet more peaceful, who could afford to be called Miss Qin now. Murong Xue was not astonished at seeing this. After all, Qin Mengya grew up in the Qin Family where she could receive a good education, and her bad personality could not change her disposition.

Murong Xue blinked and turned around. Qin Mengya now was an opponent who deserved her respect.

Murong Xue scanned raw materials around her and found that the lights they gave out were basically the same. According to her experience, the light reflected the jade's quality. Dim lights meant average; brighter lights meant glass jade; and shining ones meant the highest-grade jade. The imperial jade and the red jade with spun gold she met before were very glaring and beautiful.

It was at noon now, so Murong Xue still had one afternoon to pick up her raw material. She could not wait to do it tomorrow as the gambling would start in the morning. Murong Xue decided to hurry up.

With her X-ray vision, Murong Xue was confident that she could win. Otherwise, she would be ashamed and had no face to see others.

Murong Xue checked the raw materials' lights very carefully and she stopped to observe those with brighter lights. However, the jade she expected still did not show up after several hours.

Qin Mengya glanced at Murong Xue occasionally when she was picking her stone, and she snickered at Murong Xue, who checked raw materials with bare hands and abandoned the pieces after just one look.

Qin Mengya felt she was very lucky. She saw a rather good one right after she came there. To make sure there was no mistake, she used tools to double-check the patterns on the surface. Based on previous experience, she thought the probability that this one had a high-grade jade inside was about 0.7. Qin Mengya concealed her joy and went to see other pieces after buying this one. If she did not meet better ones, she would gamble with this one tomorrow.

Murong Xue did not pay attention to Qin Mengya during this period. Although she could just pick a better one than Qin Mengya's, she still focused on the raw materials to guarantee her victory. So when Murong Xue noticed Qin Mengya again, she was surprised that her opponent already found her piece and left.

Murong Xue shook her head and concentrated on the raw materials again. All of a sudden, she saw a piece in a heap that was giving out a colorful light. The light had five colors: red, green, white, purple, and yellow, and all these colors beautifully entangled with each other, which dazzled her eyes.

"What jade is it? Or, five jades happen to be placed together there?" Murong Xue thought to herself. Stunned at the brilliant colors, she still noticed the large crowd nearby. It took her great efforts to refrain from rushing over immediately.

Murong Xue pretended to check the raw materials nearby for a while, and then she walked up to the heap where the colorful light came from. After removing the ones on the top, she found a piece in the bottom. Staying focused, Murong Xue saw a jade of five colors inside, which was crystal-clear and breath-taking. The raw material was about 50 kilograms, and the five-colored jade inside could weigh about 30 kilograms, which was quite big.

But when Murong Xue looked up and saw that the seller looked covetously at her with his slant eyes, she felt very uncomfortable. She had been observing this piece for some time. Maybe he wanted to rip her off. Thinking of this, Murong Xue put down the piece she wanted and grabbed another one to look over.

The seller, Old Liu, had been doing this business for 20 years, but his performance was very mediocre as he was too calculating. Every time he saw a green hand or a young buyer, he would drive up the price. Gradually, his customers became fewer and fewer, and seldom would come for the second time.

"Hello, how much is it?" Murong Xue picked up a piece that looked fine.

"Oh Miss, you've made a very good choice. The hint of green color on the raw material's surface means that it's very likely to have a jade inside. I can sell you this one at 100,000 yuan per kilogram."

Murong Xue laughed coldly when she heard the price. The average raw materials were just a few thousand yuan per kilogram, and even the really good ones were no more than 20,000 yuan per kilogram. She knew he was trying to swindle money from her as she looked very young. "You're not kind. Are you trying to fool me because I'm young? The raw materials of the same quality I bought yesterday were only a few thousand yuan per kilogram, and you ask for 100,000 yuan?"

Old Liu was startled that such a young girl was so adept at this, and he wondered whether she had been learning about it since childhood. Without any deal for many days, he decided to lower his price and make some money.

"You don't know about this. My raw materials are different from others, which came from Chishan Mountain. Do you know Chishan Mountain? Raw materials from there could produce high-grade jades, so it's fair enough to ask for a higher price. But the price is negotiable. Miss, take a good look. If the one you pick has the highest-grade jade, you'll earn ten million, far more than the money you pay now."

Murong Xue knew there was no fine jade in the one she was holding now, so she understood that the seller was bragging. Without any jade inside, this piece would only cost her several million yuan. "This one is without any process, but it's much more expensive than the half-cut ones. If so, I'd rather buy the half-cut ones." Murong Xue tried to stand up and leave.

Seeing this, Old Liu became anxious, "Oh, come on, girl. The price is negotiable. If you can't accept 100,000, I can afford some losses and sell you at 50,000 yuan per kilogram. How about this?" He bought in the raw material at 1,000 yuan per kilogram, so he still could earn a lot by selling at 50,000.

But for that five-colored jade, Murong Xue would have left. She did not expect that the seller was so unkind, so she asked with a cold smile, "Are all your raw materials sold at the same price?"

Old Liu could sense Murong Xue's unhappiness and he knew this girl was no green hand, so he thought for a while and spoke, "Miss, you're joking. The prices are different. The one you pick is expensive because the patterns are good. For example, the one with dark spots next to you is much cheaper."

The cheaper one Old Liu pointed at was exactly the one Murong Xue wanted to buy. She calmed herself down and asked plainly, "Well, how much is that one? I saw similar ones in other booths and they're sold at only 3,000. What's your price?"

Old Liu knew raw materials with dark spots were very hard to sell, so he decided to ask for a cheaper price to win her trust. "My price is very fair. You can have the one with dark spots at 2,500 yuan per kilogram. I'm just break-even."

"Oh?" Murong Xue took the two pieces together and compared them.

Old Liu was very nervous and he hoped that she could choose the expensive one immediately.

Murong Xue picked up the one with the five-colored jade inside and said indifferently, "I'll try the cheap one first. How much is this piece?"

Old Liu stared at Murong Xue and he was confused about her choice. Then he thought that the spotted one was the first one she checked before, so he wondered what was behind it. "Girl, are you sure you want this one?"

Murong Xue pretended to be careless and answered, "I've been practicing recently. When I do better, I'll try the expensive ones."

Hearing what she said, Old Liu thought he was overthinking this. He assumed that this girl could not be so capable and he could accept to earn some by selling at 2,500. So he put the one Murong Xue wanted on the weigher. "Miss, it's 53 kilograms, so it will be 132,500 yuan. Credit card or cash?"

"I'll transfer it to you now. Give me your bank account number." Murong Xue replied.

After a while, Old Liu received a message from the bank that the transfer was completed.